Trumpadino against the SAFE Act

Here’s a video of Donald Trump addressing SAFE Act protesters at the Empire State Plaza earlier Tuesday, courtesy of New York Now. While Trump has said he’s not interested, he was introduced by Carl Paladino as “the next governor of New York State.”

Rick Karlin

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Of course you would make fun of them and call them “Trumpadino”- Cap. Con would never support anything that wasn’t 100% liberal and Pro- Cuomo. You should just re-name Capitol Confidential “Cuomo-Confidential.”

@Stevie: It’s laughable because when is Trump gonna step down from his soap box and actually RUN for office instead of playing these games like he’s been for the last 40 years? He’s a businessman, seeking exposure, as always. He might be great at managing huge companies, but NYS is not a company. I don’t like Cuomo either but Trump is a giant troll, and that’s a bigger evil than Cuomo. I mean look – he’s getting US to talk about him! We’re putting Trump’s name on the internet right now. As far as I’m concerned, this is just the base of what he wants to do.

@Stevie
In defense of the person writing the article everybody tends to have fun with the governors name myself included. I only draw the line at the presidents name. While I may not agree with a lot of his policies and did not vote for him he is still our president and should be given the respect that the office of the president deserves regardless of how you feel about him. However I do not see the governor in the same light as I do the Office of the President of the United States.

The Safe Act is deeply flawed, both in its drafting and its policy approach. It was enacted in a way intended to avoid the kind of debate that should take place when such a serious policy change is considered. It only became law because Republican Senators went along with the deal. There is no serious chance that it will be amended in a meaningful way in the near future and it certainly won’t be repealed. The best opponents can hope for is that the courts will find certain parts of the law unconstitutional.

An unfortunate incident in Binghamton Monday morning. A man was blocking the entrance to his work and telling people he had planted bombs inside. When Officer DW Smith of the JCPD responded the suspect attacked Smith before he could get out of his patrol car and disaremed him, shooting Oficer Smith twice mortally wounding him. Suspect was shot by assisting officers after the suspect had fired all 15 shots in Officer Smiths weapon. Suspect died in surgery.

@Upstate,
Neither of these men are elected officials, and neither are seeking political office. Both as successful businessmen who are driving the State economy. I don’t care about their politics. I simply see no reason to insult them.
@UA Alum, the person who is getting us talking is Neither of these, but is Mr. Karlin. My whole point is that I founds his attack on two citizens to be uncalled for and uncouth.

@timmay
“An unfortunate incident in Binghamton Monday morning. A man was blocking the entrance to his work and telling people he had planted bombs inside. When Officer DW Smith of the JCPD responded the suspect attacked Smith before he could get out of his patrol car and disaremed him, shooting Oficer Smith twice mortally wounding him. Suspect was shot by assisting officers after the suspect had fired all 15 shots in Officer Smiths weapon. Suspect died in surgery.”

so you are saying this would not have happened if the suspect did not have a fire arm?

Or this would not have happened if Smith had pulled his weapon quicker?

JOHNSON CITY — The day after Officer David W. Smith was killed in the line of duty, members of the community he served for 18 ½ years struggled for words to express their grief as they gathered to remember him.

Hundreds of law enforcement officers and community members lined Avenue C outside Johnson City’s George Korutz Justice Building for a candlelight vigil Tuesday night to honor Smith’s service and mourn his loss.

The 43-year-old Johnson City officer was fatally shot Monday morning while responding to a disturbance in Southern Tier Imaging on Harrison Street. …

According to Police Chief Joseph Zikuski, Smith was shot twice with his own weapon by James P. Clark, a 43-year-old radiological technician with no known criminal or mental health history.

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Nobody got ole’ Clark’s gun. Wonder how come The Donald, Carl, and Astorino never mentioned this American Patriot at their Melody Burns Gun Fest?

Stevie, if these two egomaniancs were simply running their businesses no one would care about them, or (appropriately) mock their insignificance. Instead, they very shamelessly use their wealth (Paladino) and fame (Trump) to atract attention to…themselves. Always themselves. The specific issues change, and so do the faces of the saps in the crowds, but the self-promotion is the constant.